The Empress Dowager Cixi in snow accompanied by attendants

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Local Numbers: FSA A.13 SC-GR-281

Photographer: Xunling, 1874-1943
Collector: Der Ling, Princess, 1885-1944
Names: Cixi, Empress dowager of China, 1835-1908; Der Ling, Princess, 1885-1944; Guangxu, Emperor of China, 1871-1908; Xunling, 1874-1943; 光绪皇帝, 1871-1908.; 勋龄, 1874-1943; 勳齡; 四格格; 德齡郡主; 德龄公主, 1885-1944; 慈禧太后, 1835-1908; 老佛爺; 裕勋龄; 裕德龄; 西太后
Collection Photographer: Xunling, 1874-1943

Place: China; China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912; Beijing (China); 北京

Topic: Photography -- China; Empresses; Eunuchs

Photographer: Xunling, 1874-1943
Collector: Der Ling, Princess, 1885-1944

See more items in: Cixi, Empress Dowager of China, Photographs

Extent: 1 Glass plate negative (glass plate negative 1, 12.7 x 10.2 cm. (5 x 4 in.))

Medium: glass negative

Date: 1903-1905

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Identifier: FSA.A.13, Item FSA A.13 SC-GR-281

Type: Archival materials; Glass plate negatives; Photographs

Collection Citation: Cixi, Empress Dowager of China, Photographs. FSA.A.13. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.